21世紀になり,インターネットは世界規模で人と人を結び付ける強力なコミュニケーションツールとなった.日本のIT業界では人材の高齢化と団塊世代の退職-2007年問題-への対応に追われて,ITの活用が,世界の先進諸国に比べて立ち後れはじめてきている.システムや業務ノウハウの継承者を速く育成しなければならない.IT業界では,産業構造と人材育成の両面で早急に改善が求められる.これに応えて遅ればせながら日本でも産学官が連携し,総合的な「ICT人材育成戦略」を策定し,優秀な人材を生み出す仕組みを検討しはじめた.本稿では,これからの日本のIT業界におけるリーダーシップのあり方に関して論じる.

In 21st century, the internet turns out to be the main media for people communication globally. However, the utilization of information technology in Japan have failed to keep pace with western countries, because of the ageing professional population and mass retirement of the bay-boomer generation-2007 problem urge a timely cure. Therefore, the successors of systems and knowhow must be trained very quickly. In the IT industry, improvements are needed urgently in terms of industrial structure and human resource development. Recently, Academia-government collaboration in Japan has been formed. The overall ICT human resource development strategies are established also. As a result, professional personnel training courses have been kicked on. In this paper, the leadership of Japanese IT industry and the strategies are discussed.